The Accusation Model Before the International Criminal Court Study of Convergence of Criminal Justice Systems /

• Main Author: Kuczyńska, Hanna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; International Criminal Law.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

This book examines how the functioning of the International Criminal Court has become a forum of convergence between the common law and civil law criminal justice systems. Four countries were selected as primary examples of these two legal traditions: the United States, England and Wales, Germany an...

Table of Contents:

• The procedure before international criminal tribunals
• Prosecutor as an organ of international criminal tribunals
• Initiation of an investigation
• Judicial control of an accusation
• Obligations of the prosecutor related to the accused's right to information
• Influence of the prosecutor on the consensual termination of criminal proceedings
• Powers of the prosecutor before the Trial Chamber
• Powers of the prosecutor in the appeal proceedings
• Conclusion.